Golf-ball marker.



L D. LYON GOLF BALL MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED use. 2, ms.

1 2% 578@ PatentedNovg 14, 1916.

JESSE D. LYON, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE FULNAME ZOMQPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GOLF-BALL MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted NOV, 14, 1916.

Application filed December 2, 1915. Serial-No. 64,619.

, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Ball Markers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in golf ball markers and particularly to golf ball markers of'the type disclosed in my Patent 1,189,689 issued May 18,1915.

The invention embodied herein consists in an improvement in the marking die and its holder and has for an object to produce a marking die and holder in which improved means are employed for facilitating the insertion of .dies'in the holder. This and other objects are attained in the construction described in. the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 isan end elevation of a golf ball marking machine with one of the side frame members broken away for convenience of illustration and having a die holder forming a detail of my invention with a die also forming a detail of my invention, mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a-sectional view-taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with the die partially removed from the holder. spective view of the die shown mounted in Fig. 1.

The type of golf ball marker to which my .invention is particularly applicable and which is fully set forth in my above'mentioned patent, consists of a base 4, a frame 5 pivotally mounted on the base, a holder or clamp 6 mounted at the pivot point of the frame 5, adapted to hold the ball with its axis in alinement with the pivotal point of the frame, and operated by a handle -7, a die holder 8 pivotally mounted by means of a ball and socket joint 9, andmeans 10 for moving the pivotal point 9 of the die holder 8, to and from the ball holder 6. The means for operating the ball clamp need not be more fully described since it forms no portion of the present invention. The die holder ,is provided with a curved portion 11 having a curved recess 12 formed therein, the curvature thereof being on a circle drawn about the pivot point 9. The flanges on each side of the curved recess 12 are preferably of unequal depth, onecurved Fig. 3 is a peropposite curved flange 14. The curved die 15 which is adapted to be mounted in the holder, is provided with a'curved tongue 16 for occupying the recess 12, and a relatively thick curved flange 17 adapted to rest upon the edge of the flange 14, on one side of the die, with a thinner curved flange 18 formed ed to rest upon the deep flange 13 of the holder. The holder-engaging surfaces f the flanges 17 and 18 abut the edges of to flanges 13 and 14 when the tongue 16 occupies the recess 12, thus causing the inner faces 19 and 20 of the flanges 17 and 18 to occupy different planes with relation to one another. The outer faces 21 and 22 vof the flanges 17 and 18, forming the surface 23 of the die upon which the type 2-1 is formed,

are part of one cylindrical surface and form a supportmg surface which engages the surface of the ball when the type is embedded fla'nge 13 being somewhat deeper than the on the opposite side of the die and adaptin the material of the ball at the time the p operating means 10 is caused to move the die holder 8 toward the ball. The flanges 17 and 18 extend the entirewidth ofv the holder 11 and thus afford ample support for the die and hold it securely in position. A stop 25 is located in the recess 12 for 'the purpose of forming an abutment a ainst which the die rests when it is placer? within the holder.

The die is to be placed in the holder of, the marker when the frame 5 has been shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and in mounting the die it is preferably placed in the holder by moving it transversely of the' portion 11. from the side of the flange 14: toward the deeper flange 13, so that the tongue 16 will move across the top of the flange 14: and abut the inner face of the flange 13 so as to prevent the tongue moving beyond the recess 12, thus assuring the proper positioning of the die. This construction is to overcome the objection to having to place the end of the die in engagement with the end of the holder and then of having to move the die through the holder until it abuts the stop 25, an operation which requires an expenditure of care and time. Vere the flanges of equal height the die 15 could not be placedin position as readily as in my improved construction, since the die would have to be as carefully centered in the recess before bringing it to its final position, as thoughit were to be moved from the end of .the holder to its final position, as previously described. In

my improved construction I have therefore provided a simple but effective meansof quickly centering and positioning the die in the holder with the least possible expenditure of care and-time in the mounting operation. This is particularly deslrable since the golf player has a die adapted to print' his name and the same marker is provided for all the club members. The player being a die holder, and a die adapted to occupy the die holder, said holder having a centrally located recess, a shallow flange forming one side-of the recess and a deep flange forming the .opposite'side of the recess','

said die having a projection adaptedto occupythe recess, a thick flange adapted to engage thesh-a-llow flange of the holder, and a thin flange adapted to engage the deep flange of the holder, the outer surface of the die having .type formed thereon'for marking the ball.

2. A golf ball marker comprising, a ball holder, and a rocking die holder cooperating therewith-and adapted to rock a die over the surface of a ball located in the holder, said holder having a centrally located recess, flanges of unequal height atthe'sides of the recess, and a die adapted to occupy the-holder, said die having a projection a dapted to occupy the recess and flanges of unequal thickness for engaging the flanges of the holder, whereby the die rename may be placed in the holder in but one position to properly present it to the surface of aball located in the holder. v

.3. In a golf'ball markingmachine, a ball clamp, a die holder cooperating with the clamp, and a die located in the holder, said holder being adapted to rock the die over a ball located in the clamp and having a recess centrally located therein, with a narrow flange forming one side of the recess and a deeper flange forming the opposite side of the recess, said die having atongue adapted to occupy the recess, a thick flange adapted to engage the top of the narrow flange, and

- surface and forming the ball engaging surface of the die, upon which the marking type is located.

4. In combination in a golf ball marker, a ball'clamp, and a curved rocking die holder cooperating therewith and adapted to rock a die over the surface of a ball located in the clamp, said holder having a centrally located curved recess, curved flanges of unequal height at the sides of the ',recess, and a curved die adapted tooccupy the holder, said die having a curved tongue adapted to occupy the curved recess, and

subscribed my name this 30th day of November, 1915.

. JESSE D. LYON.

lVitnesses:

I VVALTER F. MURRAY,

V, THORNTON Boonnr. 

